CUMBERLAND, Md. — Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's restoration of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 is underway again in a big way: the railroad and contractor Diversified Rail Services announced Friday that the locomotive has passed a F...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/06/08-western-maryland-scenic-restarts-work-on-1309-with-successful-fra-hydro
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
Anyone that thinks they can perform a restoration to operation on a budget is a fool. Cosmetics can be done to a budget, operation requires fixing problems that only become known as the project progresses. Fixing those problem are generally not small ticket items.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACDAnyone that thinks they can perform a restoration to operation on a budget is a fool. Cosmetics can be done to a budget, operation requires fixing problems that only become known as the project progresses. Fixing those problem are generally not small ticket items.
I can only wish that more people understood this.
greyhounds BaltACD Anyone that thinks they can perform a restoration to operation on a budget is a fool. Cosmetics can be done to a budget, operation requires fixing problems that only become known as the project progresses. Fixing those problem are generally not small ticket items. I can only wish that more people understood this.
BaltACD Anyone that thinks they can perform a restoration to operation on a budget is a fool. Cosmetics can be done to a budget, operation requires fixing problems that only become known as the project progresses. Fixing those problem are generally not small ticket items.
Give them a 'barn find' classic automobile that 'could' have a high value - if restored. Then have them do a 1st class restoration on their 'original' budget. If one can actually get the job done for 3 times the original budget it will be a major victory. Until you undertake the work you have no idea of what the issues are and what the expenses are.
greyhoundsI can only wish that more people understood this.
Yeah, but them selling tickets for it's first run last fall was kind of silly. They were a wee bit optimistic themselves.
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zugmann greyhounds I can only wish that more people understood this. Yeah, but them selling tickets for it's first run last fall was kind of silly. They were a wee bit optimistic themselves.
greyhounds I can only wish that more people understood this.
They were prognosticating on the basis of the cosmetics, not the mechanicals.
Regards of the issues, thank God they found the resources they need to finish the job.
I think they still don't have the full $530K needed to finish but it sounds like they are fund raising for it.
Update!
https://westernmarylandscenicrailroad.blogspot.com/2018/06/1309-update-super-heaters-and-appliance.html
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